This just in from long FlashReport friend and Constitutional Law expert and scholar John Eastman…

An Honest Ruling on Proposition 8 – Finally! By John C. Eastman

Three cheers for the California Supreme Court. After three years of legal skirmishing in which many of the most basic tenets of law have been thrown overboard in pursuit of the agenda pushed by the proponents of same-sex marriage, California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye and her colleagues on the Court have recognized that the official proponents of an initiative have the legal right to defend their initiative in court when the elected officials of the state refuse to do so, in violation of their duty to “defend all causes to which the State . . . is a party.”

The decision was comprehensive and well-reasoned. It was also unanimous, so kudos are also due to recent appointee Goodwin Liu who, by joining the opinion, repudiated the decision of the Governor who appointed him, for refusing to defend Proposition 8 when he was Attorney General.

Contrast this decision, though, with the history of this litigation… Read More

The following “guest blog post” is from Assemblyman Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield)…

Assemblyman Tim Donnelly and I held a 9 hour rally in Bakersfield around a busy business district thorough-fare all day Thursday and into the evening as Kern County voters lined up to sign the referendum on AB 131 – to stop taxpayer –paid tuition for illegal students. Voters used the ‘drive-thru’ lane at our mobile unit, while others walked from dozens of surrounding office buildings. Local conservative talk radio programs aired our interviews and announcements all day about where to go to support this important effort to give voters the opportunity to repeal this new outrageous law.

AB 131 is another piece of insanity by the Legislature that raced from the Assembly and State Senate floors straight to Governor Jerry Brown’s desk with a ‘must sign ’ message stamped on its face. Californians are reeling with unemployment, or reduced wages and salaries, or home values upside down… Read More

[Publisher’s Note: Congressman Tom McClintock gave a floor speech in support of legislation that requires all states to honor the CCW permits issues by other states. You can watch the speech on the video clip below, or under that is the actually text of the Congressman’s remarks… Flash]

On November 16th the House considered HR 822, a long-overdue measure to assure that states recognize the concealed weapons permits issued by other states.

This very simple measure has unleashed a firestorm of protests from the political left. I… Read More

This stunning interview is worth a few minutes of your time…

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Here is some “must see TV” to start off your Thursday…

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As columns go, this will be one will be fairly short — and very direct. Until now, the Presidential candidacy of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has been more of a sideshow than anything serious. Actually, his performances in the never-ending stream of debates have been downright enjoyable. Now the latest national poll of ever-shifting sentiments of Republican voters on who Republicans want as their Presidential nominee has Gingrich on top with 28% support.

Because Gingrich has catapulted into the fore, let me make it very clear that I cannot and will not support his candidacy for the Republican nomination because there is no way for me to be convinced that Gingrich is of sufficient moral character to hold the highest elective office in the United States. Because of this, there really is no reason to assess his candidacy on any other level. The policies and politics of a candidate do not matter if one cannot trust them.

Let me take the liberty of reprinting two paragraphs from… Read More

If you live in California, then you know just how irritating traffic can be. The traffic is so bad–especially in Los Angeles–that Carmageddon seems like a more appropriate term for daily commute times. For years Californians have been warned by the environmental elite that it’s because of our addiction to the fossil fuels that power our vehicles that our environment is crumbling. To try and “save” the planet, the environmentalists in charge of California government have passed draconian measures such as AB 32 to control or behavior and conform it to their vision of a utopian society (i.e., a society where they tell us what to do instead of allowing us to live in freedom).

Well, what if it was bad government–not average citizens’ behavior–that’s causing the problem?

A study published by the Texas Transportation Institute indicates that it’s California’s lack of infrastructure that’s causing huge problems for the economy and environment. The study looked at 328 of the… Read More

On May 12, 2011, as a member of the West Covina Unified School District Board of Education I voted to terminate the contract of the Superintendent. As these things go it was a tumultuous affair. I left the meeting after the announcement hoping that the angry supporters of the Superintendent would just let me get to my car. On the way out a West Covina Planning Commissioner, resident of Rowland Unified School District and candidate for West Covina City Council HERB REDHOLTZ told me, “Your political career is over”. I quipped that maybe I would run for council. Of course I didn’t run for council, I sought re-election.

Fast forward to November 8, 2011 results.

The results for THREE seats in West Covina Unified

Votes

2152 STEVE COX 2107 MIKE SPENCE 1979 CAMIE POULOS 1440 IAN JONES 1130 DAVID BARRILE 944 STEPHANI J BROVIAK

The results for TWO Seats on the West Covina City Council

3473 STEVE HERFERT 3154 FREDRICK SYKES 2880 KARIN ARMBRUST 2203 HERB REDHOLTZ

Not gloating, I’m just… Read More